Rabdophaga saliciperda (Dufour, 1841)
on Salix
Salix alba, Engeland, Dorset © Jenny Seawright: old galls
detail
gall
The larvae live each in an elliptic gall chamber in the sapwood under the bark of a somewhat older branch; the chambers lie more or less parallel to the surface. The bark swells, splits and frays; after the midges have emerged, parts of the sapwood and the gall chambers become exposed. Larvae greenish yellow. Univoltine,de larva hibernates, and pupates in spring just below the epidermis of the branch.
hostplants
Salicaceae, monofaag
Salix alba, aurita & subsp. oleifolia, caprea, x fragilis, nigra, purpurea, repens, triandra, viminalis.
Salix alba is probably the most important hostplant.
larva
described by Kieffer (1892a) en Nijveldt & Yukawa (1982a). The pupa bears, between the two prothoracic horns, a pair of relatively large, brown teeth.
gall on Salix aurita x cinerea, England, Dorset © Jenny Seawright
opened gall
larva
spatula
variability of the spatula (from Rübsaamen, 1916a)
prosternum with spatula (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Cecidomyia, Dasineura, Helicomyia, Rhabdophaga, saliciperda.
inquilines
As a specialised predator lives in the galls Lestodiplosis gammae.
references
Barnes (1951a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Cilbircioğlu & Ünal (2009a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Hellrigl (2010a), Houard (1908a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Kieffer (1891a, 1892a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Mirumian (2011a), Möhn (1955a), Nijveldt & Yukawa (1982a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1916a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam ao (2005a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1997a,b, 1999a, 2010a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tomasi (2014a), Unal & Akkuzu (2009a).